one of my high school math teachers.  Man he was a good teacher, but
he was just dying to teach Calculus and hardly ever got the chance.  You
could tell that was just one of his most beloved things.  And he probably
had hardly done any calculus since he got out of college.
Now, my push is not to _make_ more people turned on to math.  My push
is to give people the willing opportunity to take advantage of the
best teacher they can, if they want to.  In other words, for whoever
ends up being exposed to math,  there's no reason why they shouldn't
be exposed to really well-taught math right at the beginning.  That way,
they have the real test of whether or not they like it or are good at it.
There's no way this happens in our current system.   We have plenty of
money to go around, there's no reason why the wealthiest students should
get the best facilities, the best-paid teachers, and the most
opportunities.  Abolishing our educational system, and letting people
set up their own autonomous places of learning, will do wonders you can't
even concieve of.  It will allow teachers to find their own niches and
teach what they want.  It will allow people to easily access what they
want to learn. 
 SK> I would bet that
 SK> without obligatory schooling, the number of children out learning
 SK> "street life" would increase dramatically, to the detriment of not only
 SK> those children themselves, but all of society.
I don't think so.  People who are inclined to the street life, just drop
out of high school anyway, right now. 
Really ,you should read Illich's book.  He does more justice to this
topic and has thought about it much more than I have.
-michael
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